
BS”D Parashat Shoftim 5783
Messages for the Month of Elul: Parts 1) Metaphysical and Empirical Worlds & their connection, and 2) Settling debts with our enemies.
Messages for the Month of Elul: Parts 1) Metaphysical and Empirical Worlds & their connection, and 2) Settling debts with our enemies.
Consideration, emancipation & fulfillment. In one word HaShem granted us – infinity. The vector of Jewish history in our long and challenging pilgrimage towards the goals set for us by HaShem is pointing upwards.
This week, we commemorate the 15th of Av – Tu B’Av. The Mishna in Tractate Ta’anit states: “There were no happier days than Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av.” Why is Tu B’Av elevated to that level of happiness?
I cannot determine if it is old age or the penetrating introspection that comes in the “nine days” that direct me to think “out of the box”, but here I am pondering several issues.
Rav Shalom Gold zt”l passed away on the Shabbat of parashat Pinchas, and I lost one of my closest friends and confidants. The bond that connected us has an interesting history.
Three Questions: What motivated HaShem to refrain from His usual “routine”? What is the spiritual reward that awaits a Jew after 120 years? Why does the euphoria of passionate total love dissipate?